Ecumenical Patriarchate wins landmark court ruling in Turkey

Prompted by the European Court of Human Rights, a Turkish tribunal has given the Ecumenical Patriarchate legal title to a disputed orphanage.

The ruling is a major victory for the Orthodox patriarchate because for the first time, the Turkish government is recognizing the Ecumenical Patriarchate as a legal institution with international standing. The orphanage– like many other Christian institutions in Turkey– had been taken over by the government on the basis of an earlier ruling that the rejected the legal claims of the Patriarchate.

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